Farm Owners Lose Appeal, Ordered to Pay $13,000 for Declining to Host Same-Sex Wedding

“All Americans should be free to live and work according to their beliefs, especially in our own back yards,” the farmers' lawyer, Caleb Dalton, said

Kristiana Mork, --January 22, 2016

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The New York Supreme Court found a Christian couple in violation of a human rights law for refusing to host a same-sex wedding at their farm, upholding a $10,000 fine levied by a state agency. The court also upheld $3,000 in compensatory damages for the lesbian couple who wanted to have their marriage ceremony there. Cynthia and Robert Gifford own Liberty Ridge Farm in upstate New York, where, in addition to growing crops, they have hosted events such as birthday parties and wedding receptions. More...

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